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A review by korret
Serafina and the Twisted Staff by Robert Beatty
5.0
This book was even better than the first one. The writing was amazing. The only complaint I had was that the author went into a strange amount of detail when describing the clothes. I understood it better later on, but I still think he could have gone into slightly less detail. I didn't particularly care about the placement of every bow on Rowena's dress. Other than that though, the book was BRILLIANT!
The plot was great. I liked how it was not a completely new and random plot, but stemmed from the plot of the previous book.
SPOILERS BELOW
I just wanted to touch on how Rowena's character was handled. If you had asked me at the beginning of the book if she were a villain, I would have said there was a pretty good chance. But after she became Serafina's friend, I thought that's it, problem solved, moving on. So her being the wielder of the staff in the end really caught me by surprise. That was really smart to write it like that. Because most people don't expect a character to go bad, good and then back to bad.
Another great thing was how he put in more than one mystery, while still making it seem like one. It confuses the reader and makes it harder to figure out what's going on. It's a technique that Agatha Christie uses a lot (although, no offense to Robert Beatty, but Agatha Christie is a much better mystery writer).
I can't wait for the third book. I don't know how I'm going to last a year.
The plot was great. I liked how it was not a completely new and random plot, but stemmed from the plot of the previous book.
SPOILERS BELOW
I just wanted to touch on how Rowena's character was handled. If you had asked me at the beginning of the book if she were a villain, I would have said there was a pretty good chance. But after she became Serafina's friend, I thought that's it, problem solved, moving on. So her being the wielder of the staff in the end really caught me by surprise. That was really smart to write it like that. Because most people don't expect a character to go bad, good and then back to bad.
Another great thing was how he put in more than one mystery, while still making it seem like one. It confuses the reader and makes it harder to figure out what's going on. It's a technique that Agatha Christie uses a lot (although, no offense to Robert Beatty, but Agatha Christie is a much better mystery writer).
I can't wait for the third book. I don't know how I'm going to last a year.